A Dallas, Texas homicide detective shared testimony and a DVD of James Gould's Aug. 31, 2012, interview where Gould admitted he shot and robbed Randal Boykin at his Russellville home.

Fifth Judicial District Attorney David Gibbons played the video for jurors showing Gould was read his Miranda rights prior to answering the questions posed by detectives. Gould confirmed to detectives that he wanted to talk to them.

"I knocked on the door," Gould said. "Randal [Boykin] said get away from the door before I start shooting. I heard Randal cock the gun. That's when I pushed Mooky [Leondre Gould] out of the way."

According to the video, Gould explained Boykin started shooting first.

Gould told detectives he told his nephew, Mooky, to run, and Gould claimed he took off as well. Gould said he returned fire after Boykin fired several shots at him.

"I fired at Randal and he went down," Gould said. "I went over and grabbed the gun from Randal in case he was able to start shooting again.

"My nephew, Mooky, told me he had already robbed him in the past, and that he would not put up a fight."

Just minutes prior to the arrival of the two, James Gould's girlfriend, Ashley Ojeda, had allegedly entered the house with a baby in her arms.

"I thought I would walk on in and find a door unlocked," Gould said.

The detectives asked if Ojeda and the baby where there when this happened. Gould confirmed that they were.

Gould began the interview with police defending Ojeda. He told detectives she had no knowledge of the plan to steal Boykin's drugs.

"I wanted to let the Russellville Police Department know Ashley didn't know anything about it," Gould said. "That morning, she had to take hers and Randal's kid to his house."

He admitted to detectives he asked Ojeda to get some marijuana from Boykin that Sunday morning. "My plan was to have somebody check to see if he was there," Gould said.

After the gun battle, Gould went into the house with his disguise still on and supposedly yelled at Ojeda to look at the wall and not watch while he made off with the drugs.

Gould had no idea another bundle of marijuana was in the oven, and there was cash in one of Boykin's dresser drawers. These and other items where later processed by crime scene investigators.

Gould said he blamed the pressure of compounding family problems and money for deciding to rob Boykin.

"I needed that money. I needed that money," Gould said. "Gotta pay all these bills. I didn't want to be a failure. I kinda lost my mind. I felt I had to do something."